Navarro’s comment comes after the release of ‘The Red Table Talk’ host’s new memoir
Jada Pinkett Smith has responded to Ana Navarro’s claim that she’s “emasculating” her husband with the details in her Worthy memoir.Last week, the 52 year old joined hosts of The Breakfast Club to talk about worthiness, combatting rumors, and her new book, which was released just last month. When asked about the disparaging comment made by The View co-host, she said she thought it was influenced by “clickbait.””If you want to just read headlines, I could see how that could be confusing,” she said. “But the book is right there.”She continued: “You have two books you can actually read.” Pinkett Smith is likely referencing both her and Will Smith’s memoirs, the latter of which was published in 2021.”People have their right to their opinions, and I always know that anybody who’s saying that hasn’t really done their homework.”
Last month, during an episode of The View, Navarro laid into Pinkett Smith for publicly offering details about her marriage.
While completing press for her Worthy memoir, she revealed that she and her husband have been separated for six years — before Will’s infamous slap incident at the 2022 Oscars.”Listen, I’m done with the Jada thing, and I’m done defending Will because Will is out there supporting her. I think Will is being held emotionally prisoner,” Navarro said.When fellow co-host Sunny Hostin suggested she read Worthy before passing judgment, she declined.”I don’t want to read the book,” Navarro said.”I don’t want to give them another dime for her emasculating and embarrassing him to everybody in the world.”
In an interview with The Messenger, Pinkett Smith also cleared up long-standing rumors that she and Will had an open relationship.
Instead, they have what she calls a “transparent relationship,” which is further defined in Worthy.”As long as we had each other’s trust, we could work through anything. The solution then was to create an agreement to help build that trust by which we would never be in a position to lie to each other,” she writes.In other words, a relationship of transparency, which is different from an “open” relationship.